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Games (Programming, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Games (Programming, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.46, median 7 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $6.74 – $18.25 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 18% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 12% of the parent category Programming (60), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 85% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has only 7 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
- 18% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 83% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
Top 10 Games best sellers
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Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment
- List rank#1
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews1,714
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Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977
by Jordan Minor
- List rank#2
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews143
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The Unofficial Roblox Coding Book for Kids: Easy Guide to Build Your First Game in Roblox Studio | Learn Luau (Roblox Lua) Basics and Fix Common Mistakes ... Roblox Super Skills Series (Unofficial))
by The Unofficial Roblox Library
- List rank#3
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews110
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Theory of Fun for Game Design
by Raph Koster
- List rank#4
- Price$23.85
- Rating4.3
- Reviews722
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The Ultimate Guide to 2D Puzzle Games with Godot: Build Four Puzzle Games with GDScript: Sokoban, 2048, Sliding Tiles and Pipe Connections
- List rank#5
- Price$2.99
- Reviews-
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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Third Edition
by Jesse Schell
- List rank#6
- Price$47.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews680
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Putting the C in the C64: A Practical Guide To Programming the Commodore 64 with C and CC65 (The Commodore 64 Workshop Book 3)
by John McGinnis
- List rank#7
- Price$6.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews1
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How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: 10 steps, just you and a computer
by Matt Hackett
- List rank#8
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews320
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Game Programming Patterns
by Robert Nystrom
- List rank#9
- Price$24.95
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,561
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Godot 4: Introduction to GDScript: A practical guide to GDScript for Godot 4 with examples and tutorials
by Ivan Korotkin
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews39
FAQ
Is Games a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 7 reviews and sells for $9.46.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Games?
The median best seller has 7 reviews, and 72% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Games best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.46; half of the best sellers are priced between $6.74 and $18.25.
Can new books break into Games?
18% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.